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CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carolina Financial Corporation (OTCQB: CARO), the parent company of CresCom Bank, today announced that its common stock will begin quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board ("OTCQB") under the ticker symbol "CARO", effective on October 9, 2013. The OTCQB is a regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices and volume information in over-the-counter ("OTC") equity securities operated by FINRA.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are increasing the pressure on each other to bend in their deadlock over the federal debt limit and the partial government shutdown. Even as they do, there are hints they might consider a brief truce.

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The richest 400 Americans now own more wealth than the bottom 180 million taken together. The political system is in deadlock. Social and economic pain continue to grow. Environmental devastation and global warming present growing challenges. Is there any path toward a more democratic, equal and ecologically sustainable society? What can one person do?

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CANFIELD, Ohio - They're called stink bugs. Step on one and you'll find out why. A squashed stink bug can let off a quite unpleasant odor. But the insects are even more unpleasant to growers of commercial crops like fruit trees, corn, and soybeans on which they feed.

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A 22-year-old woman faces DUI and child endangerment charges after an alcohol-fueled rollover crash on I-57 landed eight people -- including six children -- in the hospital Sunday night.

Police have not released the identity of the woman they say was driving drunk along I-57 near 111th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood around 9:30 p.m. Sunday. NBC Chicago reports police indicate the woman hit a guard rail and rolled her minivan.

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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday that the state’s energy policy is “broken” and advocated for a stronger push on the part of the private sector and state government to find ways to increase the amount of natural gas that makes its way into Maine.

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It was not more than a few weeks after Newtown’s 12/14 tragedy that invitations began pouring in from across the region and the country to several key community leaders.

Many were from fraternal organizations in law enforcement and emergency communications looking to Police Chief Michael Kehoe and a number of 12/14 police responders, and Emergency Communications Director Maureen Will, for advice or guidance born of their experiences on that horrific day.

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BISMARCK, N.D. - N.D. Tax Commissioner Cory Fong announced that earlier today he submitted his letter of resignation to Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Fong's letter indicated that his last day as tax commissioner will be Dec. 31. - See more at: http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/16196/#sthash.1GUz4iVN.dpuf

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CROW AGENCY, Mont. (AP) — American Indian tribes have more than access to national parks on the line with the government shutdown, as federal funding has been cut off for crucial services including foster care payments, nutrition programs and financial assistance for the needy.

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The United States of America was built on a foundation of genocide against the indigenous peoples of North America. In fact, all successful settler colonial societies are founded in genocide. The process is one of dispossession – the erasure of one group identity and the imposition of another on the people and/or on the land. But genocide is not merely the foundation of the US nation state, it is also the foundation of the US empire. The US habit of genocide has not died, but has transformed. The US has become a serial perpetrator of genocide with the blood of many millions of innocents spilled in pursuit of imperial hegemony.